Computer Chronicles

REPEAT [Computers and the Pentagon: Part 2] (8x20)

Udgivelsesdato: Feb 12, 1991

A 1991 rebroadcast, during the first Gulf War, of a program looking at the uses of computer hardware and software in the Defense Department. Shot on location at various military installations around the country. Featured are demonstrations of SDI, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the AEGIS combat control system on board the USS Valley Forge advanced navy cruiser, and the Air Force's Advanced Sensory Exploitation System using distributed networks and artificial intelligence to detect enemy threats. Originally broadcast in 1986. https://archive.org/details/pentagon2